Lightlark

The Lightlark series' #1 New York Times Best Seller is Alex Aster. Emblem Island, a series based on Latin American myths, is written by Colombian-American author Aster.

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The invitation is a call to action—a request to accept both victory and ruin, jewels and blood. The six rulers have one last chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries during the Centennial.

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There is a secret behind every ruler. Each realm's curse is wicked in its own way. One monarch must perish in order to end the curses.

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Isla Crown is the new ruler of Wildling, a realm of Temptresses whose lovers are cursed to kill each other. They are feared and despised, and they are counting on Isla to win the Centennial and end their suffering.

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As the Centennial starts, Isla produces associations with impossible accomplices, including Grimshaw, the head of the detested Nightshade realm, and Celeste, the young leader of the Starlings.

Isla will have to put her life in danger in order to find the island's heart, a journey that will reveal many secrets about Lightlark's past as well as her own, as her carefully planned plans are repeatedly derailed by circumstances that are within and outside of her control.

The back half of the book is packed with secrets, lies, romance, and twists worthy of the darkest thrillers. There are a lot of twists there.

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Lightlark - Alex Aster